In four months – barring unforeseen failure – I will graduate with a Juris Doctor degree from Robson Hall faculty of law. That is seven full-time years and 216 credit hours spent at the...

Lawyers often caution students that law school is absolutely nothing like practising law. On one level, this is uncontroversial; learning about abstract, general principles and the rules of law are necessary. Doing so, however,...

As the three short-listed candidates, all from outside Manitoba, I would like to first welcome you to our province. I hope that you enjoy your visit. Students do not have much meaningful input into your...

In October, a disturbed and radicalized Michael Zehaf-Bibeau shot Cpl. Nathan Cirillo in cold blood while the reservist stood on guard at the National War Memorial, a symbol honouring the men and women who...

At the end of the Second World War, a new generation was born. This population explosion is known as the “boom.” Now, some of us may have heard this term thrown around from time to...

It is difficult to dispute the fact that many people these days just don’t give a crap about politics. In the recent by-election in Winnipeg-North, with a recorded population of 79,366 and 51,198 listed voters,...

Every year, at the end of October, my father and I head up to the old family farm in southwestern Manitoba and participate in an age-old Mirecki tradition: deer hunting. As I write this...